Name: Jardim do Vau
Address: Praia Do Vau, Portimao, 8500-820, PT

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2026

Sonia

Reception team always helpful. Room v clean, doors and floor a little worn, but clean and room looked freshly painted. Bedding is crisp and clean, beds comfortable. Black out curtains, so slept later than realised 😊 Had a lovely stay, thankyou.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2026

Michel

Super emplacement
Avec accès à la plage…

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Feb 2026

Martin

Helpful staff, clean and well looked after. Our room was large and airy, with a lovely balcony and sitting area.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2026

Odell

Very nice staff. Comfortable. Short distance to the beach and walk along the ocean. Amenities are great. No complaints.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2026

Paul

All good, great indoor pool, apartments clean and well equipped. Restaurant was closed which was not made clear at time if booking but not an issue. Overall a good stay only minor point - beds rock hard so not comfortable

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2026

Charles

Very easy to get around.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2025

Matt

This is an amazing location. The units are nice, and the pool is excellent. The parking is good.
We had an issue with the air conditioning in our unit, they transferred us to an another unit. Everything was fine then.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2025

Sonia Nichola

Nice kitchen area, to prepare breakfast or lunch. Friendly staff. Older style property, but v clean.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Kenneth

The room was a great size and had excellent facilities. Location was perfect for the beach especially people with mobility issues.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Apr 2025

brian

Very nice Property and Staff

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Feb 2025

James

Being low season it was very quiet, there were some lovely walks, the beach was raked daily, the people were very pleasant and it was easy to get around by taxi. The indoor pool and jacuzzi were great and when the restaurant was open it was very good. We heartily recommend this hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2025

Patrick

A relaxing well appointed stay

Great quiet location with beach and pool. Excellent friendly staff! Would come back.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2025

Glynda

We enjoyed our stay in our very spacious two bed/two bath! We didn’t have a view of the ocean but it was a short walk around the building in front to the coastline. The area is pretty busy, several dining options available.

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2024

Yue

The one bed room is very spacious. The bedding is not very comfortable.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2024

Adam

Relaxing and Easy

Check in was quick and flawless, great access to beaches, and restaurants. The pool hours closed earlier then preferred but that’s the only knock on the place

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2024

Katie

Amazing stay in this family friendly place. We will be back

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2024

Sonia Nichola

The hotel is an older style, but exceptionally clean and the beds were so comfortable. We were in D block by the road and yes there is some road noise but this gets less late eve. Still had best sleep in a long time. Saw many staff throughout our stay checking and cleaning all areas, all seemed happy in their work and were friendly.
Pool area had plenty of beds and umbrellas and beach is 2 min walk. Thanks for a lovely break.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

10 May 2024

Elizabeth

I was dissatisfied with the property, if I hadn’t paid ahead I would have stayed one night.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Apr 2024

maureen

Location was perfect.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2024

Mark

We are coming back next year. 🤗

8/10

Excellent

04 Nov 2023

Mari-Lee

The property was located right on the beach with a beautiful walkway. Our room was adequate. We found our hallway very dark at night as there was no lights operating

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2023

Sayli

Pros:

Property is at an excellent location 🙂 The beach is really good. We had an excellent time this summer. The property also has multiple swimming pools both outdoor and indoor. Indoor ones are warm and also has a Jacuzzi. Hotel staff was also very helpful. We truly enjoyed our 4 nights stay at Jardim de Vau.

Cons:

I had booked this property through Expedia but one small concern from my end was that our room didn't have washing machine. Rest all room seem to have it. Otherwise, everything was good 👍

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2023

Patrick

Highly recommended

Hotel is in an ideal location. It is quiet but there are several nice bar/restaurants within 2mins walk. Beautiful pool which is spotless clean. Pool bar is excellent with reasonable prices.The whole property is very clean, inside and out. Gorgeous beach is a few steps away with 3 bar/restaurants on or overlooking beach. About a 20 mins lovely walk along the prom with stunning views, into centre of very lively portimao.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2023

Loretta

Close to a gorgeous walkable beach

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Mar 2023

Sylvia

We were upgraded to a 2 bedroom apartment which was very nice and quiet. Some room service every day was nice but not necessary. It was a bit strange that we were told that we had to buy our own dish soap to wash our dishes. Now we have a large amount left over. Otherwise it was very lovely. Beautiful pool.

10/10

Exceptional

23 Feb 2023

Santiago

Excellent place. Everyone was friendly and helpful, particularly Jorge, the guy taking care of the pool.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2023

Mark

Great location and staff.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2023

Ricardo

Amazing for a family, immaculate outside pool, great inside pool, everything well taken care of, and friendly staff always eager to help.
just 1 step from the beach, with a cat colony outside the gate eager to be pet'd - could not ask for better place.
will definitely return.

Only thing that needs urgent uplift and improvement is the wi-fi - it is impossible to work from this location with the wi-fi provided.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2022

Iva

Easy access to the seafront. Lovely walks around. Very comfortable beds. Every single person working there was very polite and helpful. We love swimming and indoor pool was fantastic, apart of opening times 9-7, . And also when we booked, it was including steam and sauna, but you have to pay for it and pre-book it now:-{ so not very happy about that.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2022

Shauna

Awesome stay! Our room got upgraded when we arrived, very clean big room, everything you need right on site, perfect location!! Too many cats but I think that’s Portugal in general… otherwise it was a great stay would recommend and stay again

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2022

Bryan

Had a fantastic experience. The employees were very friendly and helpful. They took the time to help us. Everything was clean and comfortable. The beach was a short walk from the hotel and was fantastic.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2020

JohnB

Good location next to the beach and restaurants. Property well maintained, good staff and excellent facilities including library, gym, shop, swimming pool, restaurant. Rooms cleaned to a high standard every day. Staff helpful and friendly. I cannot fault it.

Friends_and_family Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2019

Janda

Great

Even though it was out of season all the facilities were open and in immaculate condition. The pool areas are fantastic and the indoor gym all in good functional order. The food at the restaurant was extremely reasonable and very good.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Very large, well-maintained swimming pool area close to the beach.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Location, friendly staff, cleanliness, large rooms, maid service..............all brilliant

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Great hotel, great location

This hotel has everything you need, well equipped large apartments, great pool with lots of sun loungers, right next door to long sandy beach and even a mini supermarket. The area is quiet (no bad thing), and you can walk to Praia da Rocha and Alvor. We had a airport pick up later in the day and were offered storage of our luggage and a courtesy room and towels free of charge.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2019

Sonia

Great location, beautiful beach and friendly staff

Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

All facilities were close by which made it ideal for our grand daughter. Staff were all very friendly and helpful.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jul 2019

Lina

I liked the access to the beach.
I liked the connivence store.
I didn’t like the beds at all.
I didn’t like the the rooms didn’t have basic kitchen things like dish soap.
I didn’t like the service, very very slow for ordering food and drinks.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2019

Lorraine

Wonderful holiday

It was a great clean hotel right near the beach with a fully equipped kitchen. The bedroom was spacious and quiet.There was a nice balcony off the lounge and dining area. There is a restaurant and shop where you can get groceries on site Laundry was quite expensive for a small bag of clothes. I would definitely stay there again great value for money.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2019

NIKOLAOS

Great Stay

Excellent

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2018

NIKOLAOS

Everything was Great

Great hotel, Great people , Great Stay

Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2018

Jeffy

We loved the location, that it was close to the beautiful beach and coastline. The room was spacious and comfortable. The facilities were in good condition.
We didn't like that you need to bring or buy a swim cap for 4 euros at the pool.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2018

Taran

Spacious room, clean, very good kitchen facilities, heating worked very well (was a little bit cold during our stay), on site shop was small and expensive but had pretty much most of what you need for a self catering holiday (bread, milk, eggs, snacks, cereal, cheeses, 5lt bottles of water etc.), if you don't mind a 30 min walk there is an Aldi and Lidl you could go to get things for cheaper. There is also a restaurant on site but we didn't eat in there so cannot comment on it.

The water was too cold to go in the outdoor pool but it was very big so during summer this would be an advantage, the indoor pool again is quite big and there is also a jacuzzi which is nice but you have to wear a swimming cap while in the water. Gym consisted of 2 treadmills, 2 spin cycles, one multi machine which wasn't very good and no free weights, but being on holiday this was no issue at all.

The beach is very nice and is only 2 minutes walk from the room, if you are going out late, after 19:00 I think, the gates at the back of the hotel that get direct access will be locked so you will have to walk round to get to the beach, but this is still less than 5 minutes.

There is also quite a few English and American channels on the TVs, as well as French and German.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Wonderful stay at an excellent facility

The spouse and I enjoyed I nice autumn vacation in October/November at Jardin do Vau. We were fortunate to be upgraded to a two bedroom apartment, likely because they were renovating a block of one bedroom units during the quiet season. The two bedroom unit was excellent, with two full bathrooms a large sitting room, a dining room, kitchen and a patio that was about 15 feet by 25 feet. The kitchen was fully equipped with stove/oven, fridge, dishwasher, microwave and a washing machine for clothes.

The location of Jardin do Vau IS outstanding as it is about 100 feet from the Vau beach. There's no need to drive to the beach, and it's quite handy to pop back in to your apartment to get a beer, have a snack, or just to grab some item that you may have forgotten.

I would not have liked to stay at that location without having rented a car. It is possible to walk to the strip of restaurants that line Praia de Rocha, but it's a dark, lonely walk home after dinner. However, with a car, there are numerous restaurants and shops within a 5 minute drive.

For a future trip to the Algarve, I would definitely return to Jardin do Vau.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2018

Linda

We liked location, close to a beautiful beach, walking to shops and restaurants. Room with kitchen was spacious, nice deck to sit out on and flowers planted on the deck was a nice touch. Housekeepers friendly, front desk helpful, quiet and beds comfortable. I would recommend to our family and friends.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Excellent holiday

Excellent location. Friendly staff and very good facilities. Great place to relax and enjoy.

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2018

Julie

Perfect Spot! Needs updating

This hotel ia a gem in a beautiful location! However, we visited about 16 years ago and apartments are not much different than they were then. Staff were helpful during check in and check out and when we had questions/concerns. Sorely in need of a refresh...but would go back

6/10

Pleasant

06 Apr 2018

jeanette

Not a 4 star apartment.

Upon checkin we found the reception to be rather uninterested and not terribly helpful. Housekeeping left a lot to be desired as both bathrooms had left over soaps in the holders, from previous guests. Although the apartment had kitchen facilities, reception informed us to buy our own detergent for our dishes from a supermarket - we would have considered this a basic provision. On the plus side the bar and restaurant staff were great and the outside area, although we didn't use it, looked lovely.
We did not bring children, but would recommend families to request a lower level apartment. The single beds were underneath a fully openable window. We were also unimpressed with the lack of security lighting outside the apartments.
I would not be selecting this apartment again.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

Excellent value for the money

Okay, at Jardin do Vau what you get is a basic one bedroom apartment that is steps away (50 meters) from a fabulous beach. The apartments are large enough to be comfortable and have a serviceable kitchen. My stay was during November, so I didn't make use of air conditioning, but it was available. The neighbourhood is quiet at night, which I appreciate, but a 1 km walk takes you to a street with bars and pubs (if you are a walker, you can easily go out without worrying about drunk driving).

The apartment complex has parking for free, indoor and outdoor pools, and a bar/restaurant, all of which I used.

While there are laundry facilities on site which you can use for 5€ per load, it would have been nice to have a washing machine in the apartment.

Overall, it's a great location and represents excellent value for money.

Partner